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System of Rice Intensification: A viable solution to produce more rice, using less water Written by Janeen Madan    Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:24 Tweet For a majority of the world’s smallscale farmers who live in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, rice is a major source of calories and the single largest source of income. But, the crop’s large environmental footprint creates numerous challenges. Over 90 percent of the world’s rice is harvested from irrigated or rainfed lowland rice fields. In these systems, fields are kept... Comments (1) Read more...   Rice-Wheat System Sustainability Concerns and Soil-Borne Pathogens Written by Iftikhar Ahmad Shazia Iram    Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:53 Tweet F1. Deputy Director General, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection (IPEP), National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad. 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Rice and wheat are grown in a continuous in Indo Pak on more... Read more...   Is the on-going sugar crisis artificial? Written by Zafar Samdani    Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:47 Tweet THE issue of soaring price of sugar was placed on the desk of the President of Pakistan, the all powerful General Pervez Musaharraf, on February 7; the issue was then over a year old and had already attained unprecedented scandalous proportions because the price had at least doubled during the fiscal year. One has no first hand information on the brief presented to the head... Read more...   Sugar prices hit all-time high amid supply crisis Written by www.pakissan.com    Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:44 Tweet TSugar remained in the limelight on the Karachi wholesale commodity markets during the previous week. The prices soared to new peak levels amid panic consumer buying due to the pressure on supplies. According to dealers, the prices at retail level are being quoted between Rs40 to 45 per kilo as leading commercial houses and mills are holding back their stocks. This in turn... Read more...   Integrated weed management in rice Written by BDr M. Farooq, Dr Shahzad Basra & Basharat Ali Saleem    Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:27 Tweet WEEDS reduces the yield and quality of a crop. It also raises the cost of production. In case of paddy, the yield drops by 15-20 per cent and sometimes, even 50 per cent. A crop badly infested with weeds, normally fails in totality. Every year there is huge loss of paddy crop while the quality of produce from weed infested fields is also inferior. These also obstruct... Comments (1) Read more...   Taking the bull by the horns Written by Nasir Jamal    Saturday, 21 January 2012 04:43 Tweet If everything goes according to the script, Pakistan will reap a record wheat crop next year. Farmers firmly believe that the wheat output will surpass the official target of 22.50 million tons fixed for the next crop, which will be ready for harvest in April. The optimism about the next wheat yield stems from favourable weather conditions as well as certain timely... Read more...   Bottlenecks in rice marketing Written by The Dawn    Saturday, 21 January 2012 04:30 Tweet MEAGRE marketable surplus of small farmers together with their weak financial position makes it difficult for them to withhold the produce for better prices, while the remoteness from the organised markets generally influence farmer ‘decision to sell locally at comparatively low prices. The rice growers get an estimated 65 per cent of the consumer price. The role of... Read more...   Rapid rise in cotton prices Written by Business Recorder    Friday, 20 January 2012 15:54 Tweet LAHORE (May 28 2004): Lint prices have risen by Rs 100 to Rs 200 per maund (37.32kg) during the last week or 10 days denoting a firm price sentiment prevailing in the market. About 200,000 bales have been sold within a fortnight in the domestic market leaving nearly 600,000 bales of unsold cotton with the ginners from the current crop (2003-04). The mills are likely to... Read more...   Whither is Wheat? Written by Syed Shahid Husain    Friday, 20 January 2012 15:52 Tweet According to a report the government has finally decided to import one million tonnes of wheat. Flip-flop on the part of the government does not reflect well on the quality of decision-making. Each passing day reinforces an impression of a confused government completely confounded. It has been left to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to choose between Trading Corporation... Read more...

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